Gio Gio Gio

DC Sports Nexus ---- Wednesday, April 18, 2012

What are three things that were much longer than the Nationals 1-0 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night at Nats Park? (a brisk 2 hour and 12 minute ballgame)

Gio, Gio, Gio...Gio Gonzalez pitched 7 innings of shutout baseball with 8 strikeouts and 2 walks while only allowing 2 hits to pick up his first win of the season. That makes 2 gems in a row by Nat-Gio. He has now pitched 14 innings of shutout baseball, giving up only 4 hits, walking only 2 batters, and striking out 15 batters. (Look's good! Conan voice)

The Nats offense wasn't around again, scoring only on a play with 2 outs where the Astros made a fielding mistake. (didn't count as an error, but it was a terrible and costly mistake). Thanks to a scoreless 8th by Clippard and a nerve-wrecking 9th by Lidge, the Nats got the win. Lidge earned his 2nd save of the season.